Theme Of Fear In The Other Moore

Fear can be soul striking in many different ways, most notoriously within chapter four of The Other Wes Moore. The Other Wes Moore contains different viewings on two children's lives, they have the same name but not the same face. They lead into different lives from different beginnings, showing how they differ from one another. Chapter four in the book accurately describes fear from different viewpoints, the views aren't directly stated but with some details you can understand where fear plays into the story. This is how the book The Other Wes Moore relates fear to the human condition.

The text, The Other Wes Moore, makes clear that it connects fear to the human condition. We, the reader, can see this through the way Other Wes Moore rushing

It is shown that the Author Wes causes his mother to worry about his learning disability. She looks within reason, not wanting to believe that he has a disability. He shows he can remember a song word for word and she pushes her fear out and blocks it away saying he wasn't trying hard enough. "After a series of unsatisfactory report cards, my mother begun to think that what many of my teachers were telling her were correct: I might have a learning disability." (Wes Moore 75) The quote shines a light on how fear can be used in different ways. Fear is shown to not simply be what your child is doing wrong or something bad happening; this quote showcases how fear can also be for your child's education on something you can't truly help. You can see this expanded upon later in the passage as well. Within the text, it states, "Well your grades aren't bad because you can't pick this stuff up or because you are stupid, you are just not working hard enough." (Wes Moore 75-76) After noticing Wes could pick up a song, she didn't want to believe there were any issues. Therefore she pushed back her negative emotions and stresses, such as her fears, by thinking he wasn't trying hard enough. By doing so, she was transferring the blame, and or weight of being at fault, onto someone else to cluelessly make herself feel better. Although small, these two are prime examples of how fear affects and conducts the characters actions and feelings; no matter if it is on their own accord or